is one of the most sought-after technologies in the field of machine learning. In recent times, the use cases for this technology have broadened from specific surveillance applications in government ...

Though it almost certainly won’t work, it is a telling sign of where the field is heading A police officer is at the scene of a murder. No witnesses. No camera footage. No obvious suspects or motives.

Ever since companies started implementing contactless verification systems, facial recognition technology has held great potential. Now, with a global market share of over $4.9 billion, the technology ...

We pit the newly-released Picasa with facial recognition against Apple's iPhoto, and Microsoft's Windows Live Photo Gallery software to see which one did the best job at recognizing faces, and making ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with ...

Looks like face detection is going to be this year's larger LCD -- the big(ish), new(ish) feature that makes this year's cameras better(ish) than last year's. In the beginning, back in the 90s, there ...

Facial recognition is becoming more accurate, but some systems exhibit racial bias and some uses of the technology are controversial Can Big Brother identify your face from street-level CCTV ...

It's happened to you before: At the grocery store, perhaps, or at a networking event, you meet the gaze of a person you believe is a total stranger, and yet you feel in your gut that you know them ...

New algorithms can police whether people are complying with public health guidance. The practice raises familiar questions about data privacy. Video by Mark Thiessen and Rebecca Hale, National ...

Face recognition is a dragnet surveillance technology and its expansion within law enforcement over the last 20 years has been marred by systematic invasions of privacy, inaccuracies, unreliable ...